Remember Hayabusa?

Well it may turn out that that "little craft that almost did",
may turn out to actually be the "little craft that will".

Communications were lost with it for quite a while, now it has been
reestablished...Better news...Hayabusa's mission control engineers
have worked out a 'fix' for the fuel leak problem; working around the problem.

Hayabusa may actually return to Earth afterall [in 2010]
and may actually hold a few "nanograms" of asteroid dust inside.

The Japanese scientists were hoping for gram quantity asteroid material,
but I think they'll settle for nanogram quantities.
That's the good news.
Actually, I now consider the Hayabusa mission a "success", not a complete success,
but a success none the less.

The bad news?...The Japanese penetrator-probe mission to the moon is cancelled.
But Japanese officials "to save face" are only indicating that it has been indefinitely
suspended. Translation: It's over!

My opinion?...Survivable penetrator-probe technology for planets or moons won't work.
If you disagree, show me the proof that the technology will work?